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Today is Day One
If you could not fail What would you do if you had the time, money, and energy to do it? If you knew you could not fail? Learn a new skill? Spend more time with your kids? Take a family vacation? Take a vacation by yourself or with your spouse? Write a book? Lose 50 pounds?… Read more
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Asking my audience
I need your help! Hello, readers! I am happy to be talking with you again on a regular basis. However… my domain name is about to expire in a couple months and I’ve been working on building a new website for you guys where I can better encompass what my intention is with Born Again… Read more
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4 Reasons to Take a Gap Year Before College
Why it pays to be patient – 4 reasons I wish I had waited to go to college Making major life decisions in early adulthood Imagine a world where you have to ask permission to go to the bathroom and then months later, you are expected to make a major life decision that determines your… Read more
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The things that are important
Two somethings happened to me last night that made me once again reflect on this truth: The things that are important are not things. Something that happened #1: Panicked phone call from my sister at 10pm. Let me set the scene for you. It’s 10pm. I am in bed, already falling asleep. It has been… Read more
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Tips for Tidy Tiny Bathrooms
Do you have a tiny bathroom? They can be stressful, because there are certain necessary items you can’t just declutter to make more room. At the very least, a half-bath needs a toilet and sink. A full bath requires those plus a tub and/or shower. And then you’ve got medicine cabinets, linen closets, waste bins,… Read more
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40 bags in 40 days, in theory
At the beginning of March, I heard about this challenge to focus on 40 areas in your home over the 40 day period of Lent. The idea was to remove 40 bags (or boxes, or items, or storage totes) of stuff from those spaces in order to declutter and spend a little time each day… Read more
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Packing for Nicaragua
Once again, I rely on a guest post from my sister! This time it’s part of my strange obsession with packing light. She and a group from Heidelberg University are currently in Nicaragua on a spring break trip. While about 47% of me is worried about her, the other 53% is excited for her to… Read more
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Surrounded by sorority stuff
My sister, like me, has something of a desire for peace and space, as well as a vague desire to sell everything off and be a nomad. She’s far more likely to actually do it than I am, however. As college students tend to do, she has accumulated a lot of stuff over the last… Read more
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Sometimes love means you have a lot of cups
Goldilocks came upon the home of the three bears in the woods. We all know the story. She tried their porridge – Papa bear’s was too hot, Mama bear’s was too cool, but Baby bear’s was just right. She sat in their chairs and slept in their beds to the same effect. Papa and Mama… Read more
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Snowball fight!
It’s -8 degrees in Cleveland today, but that’s not the snowball I am talking about. Guess what I wrote today? Go on, guess! Did you guess “this blog post”? You are correct! But I also wrote MY FINAL CHECK for my car loan. I am paying it off! I missed my Christmas deadline by a… Read more
